DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 2nd Mar 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR LAUNCHES SWACHH SHAKTI SAPTAH IN HARYANA
i. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, The Union Minister of Drinking Water and
Sanitation launched the week long Swachh Shakti Saptah at national level in
Gurugram, Haryana to highlight the role of women in Swachh Bharat Mission and
to recognize their leadership.
ii. Over 1,000 women sarpanches of Swachh Bharat Mission and all women sarpanches
of Gurugram division participated in the event.
iv. The programmme would have nationwide events including honouring
women champions, women sarpanches, ASHA workers, school teachers, young
students and senior citizens.
v. An exhibition was also organized at the venue to educate women
participants about benefits of cashless transactions.
2. INDIA
& WORLD BANK SIGNS USD 63 MILLION FINANCING AGREEMENTS FOR TEJASWINI:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN PROJECT
i. India has signed a financing agreement of USD 63 million with World
Bank in Jharkhand for its Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and
Young Women Project named “Tejaswini”.
ii. The World Bank will finance the project through its arm
International Development Association.
iii. The Financing Agreement was signed between Joint Secretary,
Department of Economic Affairs, Mr. Raj
Kumar, Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Government of India and Mr. Junaid
Kamal Ahmad, Country Director, WB (India) on behalf of the World Bank.
iv. The Project Agreement was also signed between Mr. Mukhmeet Singh
Bhatia, Principal Secretary, Department of Women, Child Development, Government
of Jharkhand and Mr. Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank.
v. The project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women with
basic life skills and provide opportunity to them to complete their secondary
education and further acquire market driven skill training.
vi. Three main components of the project: Expanding social, educational
and economic opportunities, Intensive service delivery and State
capacity-building and implementation support.
3. CBDT
SIGNS 10 UNILATERAL APAS WITH INDIAN TAXPAYERS
i. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has signed 10 unilateral Advance
Pricing Agreements in past one week with Indian taxpayers to provide certainty
in transfer pricing.
ii. The different sectors in which these 10 APAs have been signed
includes telecom, banking, pharma and steel, finance, retail and information
technology.
iii. Out of these 10 agreements, 2 are Bilateral APAs with the UK and
Japan while 7 agreements have rollback provisions in them.
iv. In 2016-17 till date a total of 76 APAs have already been entered
into and the total number of APAs entered into by the CBDT has reached 140
APAs.
4. INDIAN
FILM LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA WINS AUDIENCE AWARD AT GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL
i. Restricted for release by the Central Board of Film Certification ,
Indian movie, Lipstick Under My Burkha was awarded the third annual Audience
Award at the Glasgow Film Festival 2017.
ii .Indian filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava directed the film. The award
was presented by Scottish actor David Tennant to Shrivastava.
5. NAND
KUMAR SAI TAKES CHARGE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED
TRIBES
i. Senior tribal leader from Chhattisgarh and ex-parliamentarian, Nand
Kumar Sai took over as the new Chairman of the National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes in New Delhi.
ii. Sai succeeds Rameshwar Oraon. Sai would be responsible to protect
the rights of the tribal people living in far-flung areas of the country.
iii. He has been appointed for a term of 3 years from the date of
assumption of charge.
6. SHRI
SUDEEP LAKHTAKIA TO HOLD ADDITIONAL CHARGE AS DG CRPF
i. IPS officer Sudeep Lakhtakia from Telangana to take additional charge
as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force.
ii. Sudeep will take charge from K. Durga Prasad. He is a 1984-batch IPS
officer, joined the CRPF in June 2016. He was earlier an Inspector General of
the elite Special Protection Group for about eight years
7. R
SUBRAMANIA KUMAR TO HOLD ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MD & CEO OF IOB
i. R Subramania Kumar has given additional charge of the post of
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank in
November 2017.
ii. Prior to this he is working as the Executive Director in the IOB.
8.
RENOWNED GUJARATI WRITER TARAK MEHTA DIED
i. Noted Indian columnist, writer, humorist and playwright, Tarak Mehta,
died at the age of 87.
ii. He was mostly known for the popular column ‘Duniya Ne Undha Chasma’ in Gujarati magazine.
iii. The popular Hindi TV show, Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma, is based
on this column.
iv. He was awarded Padma Shri, in 2015. Gujarat Sahitya Akademi awarded
him Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar in 2011 and Ramanlal Nilkanth Hasya Paritoshik in
2017.
9. WORLD
CIVIL DEFENCE DAY: MARCH 1
i. World Civil Defence Day is celebrated on 1st March every
year across the world to commemorates the entry into force of the ICDO
Constitution as an intergovernmental organisation in 1972.
ii. 2017 Theme was “Together with
civil defence against disasters”.
10. ZERO
DISCRIMINATION DAY: MARCH 1
i. The Zero Discrimination Day is observed on March, 01 across the world to combat all forms of
discrimination since 2014.
ii. This year, UNAIDS is calling on everyone to make some noise for #zerodiscrimination.
iii. 2017 Theme was “Make Some
Noise For Zero Discrimination”
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. THE
WEEK LONG SWACHH SHAKTI SAPTAH HAS BEEN INAUGURATED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Gujarat
b) West Bengal
c) Assam
d) Haryana
Q2. HOW
MUCH AMOUNT OF FINANCING AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA AND WORLD
BANK FOR THE PROJECT TEJASWINI?
a) USD 63 million
b) USD 52 million
c) USD 76 million
d) USD 45 million
Q3. HOW
MANY ADVANCE PRICING AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO BY CBDT TILL DATE SINCE
ITS INCORPORATION IN 2012?
a) 170
b) 150
c) 140
d) 200
Q4. WHICH
MOVIE WON THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT THE GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2017?
a) Santa Banta Pvt Ltd
b) Lipstick Under My Burkha
c) City of Joy
d) Bhakta Vidur
Q5. WHO
HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED
TRIBES?
a) Nand Kumar Sai
b) Ravi Thakur
c) Anusuiya Uikey
d) Bari Krishna Damor
ANSWER:
1 - D 2 - A 3
- C 4 - B 5 - A
